NEW YORK CITY POLICE COMMISSIONER RESIGNS – Tom Donlon is appointed as interim police commissioner.
New York City Police Commissioner Edward Caban resigned on Thursday a week after FBI agents seized his phone as part of multiple federal corruption investigations that have entangled senior city administration officials.
In a statement issued through his lawyers, Caban said he had been informed he was not the target of any investigation being conducted by the U.S. attorney’s office in Manhattan and that he would continue to cooperate with investigators.
Last week, federal investigators seized cell phones belonging to Caban and his twin brother James Caban. The commissioner faced mounting calls to resign, and the mayor has faced growing questions about his ability to run the city without distraction.
Agents also seized phones and searched the homes of several other high-ranking officials and advisers in the administration of Mayor Eric Adams
Adams, a former police captain who became mayor in 2022, has said he is cooperating with all investigations and has instructed his officials to do the same and that his priority remains serving New Yorkers.
He said he has appointed Tom Donlon, a former FBI official and the founder of a security consultancy firm, as the interim police commissioner.
